Matter of Estate of Ford

552 So.2d 1065 (1989)

In the matter of the ESTATE OF Hattie FORD, Deceased.

Clara WOODALL, et al.

v.

P.L. JOHNSON, et al.

No. 07-58708.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 8, 1989.

Ava N. Jackson, Oxford, for appellants.

Ben Barrett Smith, Batesville, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

The kindred of the natural father of a woman born in 1898 but out of wedlock have asserted a claim to inherit from her under our amended statute of descent and distribution. The question is whether the father's kin have shouldered their burden of…